Savage 110 Bolt Head Allignment Slot

Yosemite Steve · January 24, 2018, 04:51 PM

I am getting ready to reassemble my new bolt head, spring, friction washer and retaining pin to my old bolt. The old bolt has an alignment pin that alugns the old bolt hed. Newer bolts do not have this feature. I have read where people are milling the pin out of the bolt to fit the new head without a slot. I could do either but eliminating the pin is probably easier. Do I need it or not? What say you Mr. Smith?

std7mag · January 25, 2018, 08:19 PM

Do you mean the large pin that holds the head to the bolt?

Otherwise i know of no other pin.

There is a raised "ridge" on part of the bolt head that aligns it in the receiver.

Yosemite Steve · January 25, 2018, 10:31 PM

It doesn't matter any more. I had it machined.

January 24, 2018, 04:51 PM	#1
Yosemite Steve Senior Member Join Date: December 27, 2017 Posts: 460	Savage 110 Bolt Head Allignment Slot I am getting ready to reassemble my new bolt head, spring, friction washer and retaining pin to my old bolt. The old bolt has an alignment pin that alugns the old bolt hed. Newer bolts do not have this feature. I have read where people are milling the pin out of the bolt to fit the new head without a slot. I could do either but eliminating the pin is probably easier. Do I need it or not? What say you Mr. Smith?

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January 25, 2018, 08:19 PM	#2
std7mag Senior Member Join Date: June 23, 2013 Location: Central Taxylvania.. Posts: 3,609	Do you mean the large pin that holds the head to the bolt? Otherwise i know of no other pin. There is a raised "ridge" on part of the bolt head that aligns it in the receiver.

January 25, 2018, 10:31 PM	#3
Yosemite Steve Senior Member Join Date: December 27, 2017 Posts: 460	It doesn't matter any more. I had it machined.